1. Reception Reading Meeting

2. What you can do? Talk to them! Model and expect good listening.
Speaking and listening are the key skills children need to develop their ability to read and write.
What you can do?
Talk to them!
Model and expect good listening.
Encourage the understanding and use of new vocabulary.
Sing songs, rhymes and read poems, enjoying the rhyme and rhythm of words.
Read to your child regularly and develop their story language (library books given each Friday)

3. Letters and Sounds Structured programme
Six phases – Phase 1 – rhyme and alliteration taught in Nursery
Phase 2 and 3 taught in Reception
Children will be streamed after half term
Fast pace, lots of consolidation
KEY SKILLS:
Blending for reading
Segmenting for writing
Tricky words

4. A New Vocabulary Phonics – the learning of letters and sounds
Phoneme – the sound a letter makes
Grapheme – the written letter
Segmenting – breaking a word up into its component sounds
Blending – running sounds together to make a word
Tricky words – words that cannot be decoded using phonics
cvc – c = consonant v = vowel
Digraph - a sound made with two letters eg. sh ai oi
Phonetically plausible – written phonetically that it can still be read although it is spelt incorrectly eg. torl werk cabij

5. Phase 1 All about sounds - musical, environmental, voice etc
Aural discrimination of sounds, including letter sounds
Blending and segmenting orally

6. Phase 2 - Reception
Learning specific letters and sounds – s, a, t, p, i, n, c, k,e…
Reading tricky words:
I go no to the
Blending and segmenting vc and cvc words and in captions and sentences

7. Phase 2 sounds we will be learning in the coming weeks
s, a, t, p
i, n, m, d
g, o, c, k
ck, e, u, r
h, b, f, ff
l, ll, ss
See Jolly Phonics Actions hand out

8. Phase 3 - Reception
j, v, w, x, y, zz, qu, ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er
Alphabet names are important to describe the sounds made by more than one letter combined (di and trigraphs) .
More tricky words for reading
Writing I go no to the
Blending, segmenting, reading, writing words, captions and sentences

9. Jolly Phonics Letter Sounds (British English)
Avoiding Yucky Sounds!
Yucky sound ‘-uh’ !
Some examples:
s, t, m, c, f, l, n…..
A useful link:
Jolly Phonics Letter Sounds (British English)

10. Reading at School
In addition to a weekly library book, a levelled reading book will be given.
Teacher and TA read 1:1 with each child in a group. All children will have read 1:1 with both adults by the end of the week.
PLEASE ensure your child’s book is brought in EVERYDAY.

11. Reading at home Quiet place for reading
Inside cover of books have helpful tips and comprehension questions.
Words are everywhere – look out for them with your child
Follow your child’s lead – let them teach you their new sounds
Password game
Enjoyable shared experience!
PLEASE sign the reading record so that we know you have read with your child. Books will not be changed if not signed in the record book. Feel free to add your own comments about their reading progress at home.
Reading at home – Male role model.

12. Writing at school Mark making opportunities
Explicit teaching of letter formation
Physical development for writing through fine motor activities.
Weekly guided writing sessions linked to our key text.
Segmenting for writing.
Learning to write Tricky words by heart.
Encouraging independence – having a go!

13. Writing at Home Reinforce correct letter formation
Encourage correct tripod pencil grip – mummy, daddy and baby example!
Let them see you writing
Do not spell everything out
for them
Encourage independence – Bear’s diary

14. Parent Phonics Sessions
Week of 12th November Daily Phonics Sessions for Parents
Letter will be sent out

15. Thank you for your support!
Please read daily!
Have a go at completing weekly letter formation tasks in home-school writing book.
Useful Links: (You tube search)
Jolly Phonics Letter Sounds (British English)
JOLLY SONGS A-Z(from the big book JOLLY SONGS)

16. Any final questions?